Finding a Chemical Food Sensitivity

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The best way to find a food sensitivity is to keep a food diary. In the diary, list your actual dietary habits including time of ingestion, time any symptom is observed, cravings and improvement in symptoms. Make the recordings throughout the day, rather than waiting until the end of the day when it is easier to leave things out, and be sure to record everything you consume--even vitamins, beverages, chewing gum, etc.

After two weeks you can look for any recurring pattern among frequently eaten foods and symptoms. This can be difficult if you eat a lot of processed foods, as these often contain "hidden" ingredients like corn, milk, soy, wheat, yeast and artificial additivies that are often problematic. The most suspect foods will be those eaten daily or more than once a week, and, ironically, foods that you crave or eat during the night.

Then, stop the suspect foods one at a time for a minimum of five days. When you reintroduce the food or drink (on an empty stomach), you will be able to feel within an hour if it is problematic.

Finding a Chemical Sensitivity

The process is similar to a food sensitivity in that you need to keep track of your potential chemical exposures and subsequent symptoms. Chemicals can stay in the body for a lifetime, so past exposures could be responsible for your current symptoms. This is why with chemical exposures it's important to include past exposure as well.

The list of potential environmental chemical contacts at work, home, school and outdoors is seemingly endless. They can be related to toxic waste sites, basements, ventilation systems, industrial emissions, mold, bacteria, golfing (pesticides), painting, plastics, dentures, hearing aids--even jewelry. You can read Dr. Rapp's excellent book, Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call, for a comprehensive description of environmental chemicals and how to minimize your exposure.

Tips to Resolve Your Symptoms

After you determine the main food or chemical triggers, you will want to avoid them as much as possible. Your symptoms will likely disappear or improve once you reduce your exposure to the problematic food or chemical. If you don't take measures to address food and chemical sensitivities, you can end up with permanent, long-term damage. Sensitivities result in constant and unnecessary stress on the immune system that will weaken it over time, possibly leading to chronic or degenerative disease.

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